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Photos: ‘Runaway Bride’ Crystal Harris trades wedding gown for bikini

Posted June 18, 2011 • 5:31 p.m. by Don Chareunsy

"Runaway Bride" Crystal Harris at Wet Republic at MGM Grand on June 18, 2011.

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna/ErikKabik.com

By Don Chareunsy

Playboy’s “Runaway Bride” Crystal Harris traded her presumably white wedding gown for a black bikini with an apropos see-through leopard-print wrap as she soaked up the sun at Wet Republic at MGM Grand this afternoon, the exact day of her now-called-off wedding to Playboy founder and legend Hugh Hefner. Thanks to Erik Kabik for the Vegas DeLuxe photo gallery on the arrivals carpet and to Richard Corey for his video posted on YouTube.

The wedding was called off this week, too late for the production cycle of the July issue of Playboy with Harris on the cover, so a sticker with “Runaway Bride” was placed last minute over Harris’ barely covered 25-year-old body. Harris has been a fixture in Las Vegas, accompanying Hefner to town the past few years for his birthdays and the Playmate of the Year announcements for Claire Sinclair this year and Hope Dworaczyk last year.

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Crystal Harris at Wet Republic - from YouTube.com

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna/ErikKabik.com

"Runaway Bride" Crystal Harris at Wet Republic at MGM Grand on June 18, 2011.

Speaking of Sinclair, a few Playmates haven’t been shy about criticizing Harris. Sinclair, in an interview with Howard Stern, used “gold digging” and Crystal Harris in the same conversation, and Las Vegas’ Sweetheart Holly Madison has voiced her displeasure at Harris’ “disgusting” and “tacky” surfacing in Las Vegas today.

Harris’ appearance overshadowed that of afternoon hostess and reality TV star Heidi Montag. Add Montag to the hate list for Harris!

Don Chareunsy is editor of VegasDeLuxe.com and arts and entertainment editor of LasVegasSun.com.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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